Term 1 2023

Part 1 Drawing skills.

Weeks 1,2&3

for the first few weeks of term we will be learning how to draw from life the real world around us.

This will begin by drawing people with crayon. one member of the class will sit in the middle and the rest of the class will draw them. as the 3 weeks goes on we will draw at the beach draw objects from inside and outside the classroom

I will add all sorts of crazy rules to make this more fun than it sounds. 

we will also be using indian ink, paint, and pencil.

Part 2 Stencil painting

Weeks 4-11

We are now starting our major project for the term. This will be learning how to create paintings using layered stencils.

This will involve completing two finished paintings, one simple silhouette, and one complex layered shading.

How we will start

Find a silhouette picture you like. This is going to be one layer of your first painting.

Either choose a background for your silhouette or design your own.

using a piece of thick cartridge painting paper put a frame using tape to a4 size.

using a sponge fill the frame with paint trying hard not to go past the tape.

Using a craft knife on a cutting board carefully cut the silhouette out the part you need to keep is the white paper with the silhouette shaped holes in it, not the picture of the silhouette.

Term 2 2023 

Part 2 Mask making

Weeks 4-11

We are now starting our major project for the term. This will be to design and make your own papier-mâché mask.

Here are some student examples from previous years.

Developing your ideas for a mask

This will be developed on an A2 piece of paper

Fold the paper into quarters

In one quarter you are going to draw a minimum of 12 ideas for your mask

You will then choose your best two ideas to draw on the next quarter to a good standard.

Next choose your favourite out of these two ideas and draw it to your highest possible standard. next two it draw what it looks like in profile(from the side).

In the final quarter using paints or colour pencils try up to four different colour concepts.

Below is the layout for your A2 piece of paper 

Making the mask

We will be taking a plaster bandage cast of your face to get a starting shape to work with paper mache on top of.

Part 1 Drawing skills.

Weeks 1,2&3

for the first few weeks of term we will be learning how to draw from life the real world around us.

This will begin by drawing people with crayon. one member of the class will sit in the middle and the rest of the class will draw them. as the 3 weeks goes on we will draw at the beach draw objects from inside and outside the classroom

I will add all sorts of crazy rules to make this more fun than it sounds. 

we will also be using indian ink, paint, and pencil.